<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">My two cents. If the Michigan House does not overturn this by the end of this month, I'd fall back to a Plan B and I've a plaintiff(s) ready to court that morning requestion a court injunction on this action. I don't know a Governor just "executive order" an entire Department be eliminated. But, I don't know the Michigan Constitution. Budgetary actions like this are not her role to just wave a magic wand and "poof! go away!"&nbsp;<div><br><div><div>On Sep 8, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Amy Crow wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Please excuse me if this has already been posted here. I am behind in catching up with my email while I was at the FGS conference in Little Rock last week.</div><div><br></div><div>As you may already be aware, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has issued Executive Order 2009-36, abolishing the state's Department of History, Arts, and Libraries. This will abolish the Library of Michigan and disperse the collection.<br><br>The Library of Michigan has one of the most respected genealogy and family history collections in the country. The Records Preservation and Access Committee, sponsored by the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society, has started an online petition urging the state legislature to overturn the governor's executive order. The Michigan Senate has already voted to overturn the order; the Michigan House of Representatives must follow suit for it to be overturned. If not, the executive order takes effect October 1, 2009.<br><br>The online petition can be found at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html">http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html</a>&nbsp;You do not need to make your email address public and you do not need to live in Michigan to sign it.<br><br>More information about the issue can be found on the Michigan Genealogical Council's website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mimgc.org/LOM.html">http://www.mimgc.org/LOM.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I urge each of you to sign the petition. (If you already have, thank you!) Also, please share this information with others.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Amy Johnson Crow, CG,</div><div>Reynoldsburg, Ohio</div><div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>APG Public Mailing List<br><a href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/">http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>